Bakersfield Birth Center

Our Mission Statement

We believe birth is profound.
We believe new life is sacred.
We Believe in listening to women.
Therefore we practice evidence-based midwifery,
so women and their families will come through their
birth journey safely, supported, and empowered.

About the Bakersfield Birth Center

Justine Backhaus, LM, CPM, IBCLC, is the clinical director and founder of the Bakersfield Birth Center. Justine’s vision is to provide women and their families the opportunity to experience pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period in a safe, and mother-baby friendly environment. The Bakersfield Birth Center was designed to do just that.

Whether you opt to have your baby in our beautiful, state-of-the-art birthing center or want to explore your other natural birthing options – including home birth and water birth experiences – our experienced midwife is happy to consult, and provide you with information to assist you in your decision making process.

Birth Center, Home Birth, Water Birth

Have you always wanted to labor in peace? Sans fluorescent lighting, a rotating regimen of nurses and/or doctors and in the manner and positions in which you are most comfortable? Are you curious about your options for out-of-hospital birth? If you are a healthy, low-risk woman you may be a perfect candidate for a birth center or home birth experience, assisted by our licensed midwife, Justine Backhaus.

Evidence

Whether you’re choosing to have a natural birth, a midwife-assisted water birth at home, or a water birth at our beautiful freestanding birth center, our Evidence Page will assist you in finding data that supports your decision to birth un-medicated and out-of-hospital. It is reassuring that your intuitive feelings about where and how to birth your baby are actually supported by the evidence.